Subterms
Pelosi recalls House early to fight postal service election ‘sabotage’
Sanders says Trump’s attacks on mail-in voting a ‘crisis for democracy’
Virtual Democratic convention to kick off with emphasis on unity
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US elections 2020
Four-day event where Biden will formally accept the presidential nomination begins today and will take place from remote locations More
US elections 2020
Speaker says urgent bill to halt postal cuts will be put to House to combat Trump’s ‘threat’ to democracy More
Mike Pence
Mike Pence shows his worth by reaching the parts Trump cannot
The vice-president, a key link with white evangelical voters, is also a champion debater unlikely to be fazed by Kamala Harris More
US elections 2020
End of an era: has coronavirus killed the political convention for good?
With Democrats and Republicans holding no in-person conventions this year, some have called to ditch them completely – but others say they’re a vital political tool More
Opinion
US elections 2020
Voters can replace a party that knows how to fight with one that knows how to govern
Robert Reich
The division between Republicans and Democrats is no longer between left and right but between different core competences More
The Democratic national convention took place amid protests about the Vietnam war, a police riot and a looming flu pandemicEvery four years in the US, political parties convene to nominate their respective candidates for November’s presidential election.The conventions are historically grandiose affairs with a circus-like atmosphere. Speeches are given, balloons are dropped and the party message of uniting behind their candidate is beamed to the nation. Continue reading… More
Interview
Martin Pengelly
US elections 2020
Interview
Rick Perlstein: ‘If you’re not writing about the berserk, you’re not writing about America’
Martin Pengelly
The historian has completed his epic on the rise of the US right – just in time for Donald Trump’s attempt to hold on to his throne More
